μυρσίνη
See also: Μυρσίνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μυρρίνη (murrhínē) — Attic
Etymology
From μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”), with a change of consonant μυρτ-/μυρσ-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /myr.sí.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /myrˈsi.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /myrˈsi.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /myrˈsi.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mirˈsi.ni/
Noun
μῠρσῐ́νη • (mŭrsĭ́nē) f (genitive μῠρσῐ́νης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μῠρσῐ́νη hē mŭrsĭ́nē |
τὼ μῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ mŭrsĭ́nā |
αἱ μῠρσῐ́ναι hai mŭrsĭ́nai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μῠρσῐ́νης tês mŭrsĭ́nēs |
τοῖν μῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn mŭrsĭ́nain |
τῶν μῠρσῐνῶν tôn mŭrsĭnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μῠρσῐ́νῃ tēî mŭrsĭ́nēi |
τοῖν μῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn mŭrsĭ́nain |
ταῖς μῠρσῐ́ναις taîs mŭrsĭ́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μῠρσῐ́νην tḕn mŭrsĭ́nēn |
τὼ μῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ mŭrsĭ́nā |
τᾱ̀ς μῠρσῐ́νᾱς tā̀s mŭrsĭ́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῠρσῐ́νη mŭrsĭ́nē |
μῠρσῐ́νᾱ mŭrsĭ́nā |
μῠρσῐ́ναι mŭrsĭ́nai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κεντρομυρσίνη (kentromursínē)
- μυρσινᾶτον (mursinâton)
- μυρσινέλαιον (mursinélaion)
- μυρσίνινος (mursíninos)
- μυρσινίτης (mursinítēs)
- μυρσινοειδής (mursinoeidḗs)
- μυρσινών (mursinṓn)
- ὀξυμυρσίνη (oxumursínē)
- χαμαιμυρσίνη (khamaimursínē)
Descendants
- Greek: μυρσίνη (myrsíni)
- → Arabic: مَرْسِين (marsīn)
- → Old Georgian: მჳრსინი (mwirsini)
- → Translingual: Myrsine
Further reading
- “μυρσίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μυρσίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μυρσίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek μυρσίνη (mursínē).
Noun
μυρσίνη • (myrsíni) f (plural μυρσίνες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μυρσίνη (myrsíni) | μυρσίνες (myrsínes) |
| genitive | μυρσίνης (myrsínis) | μυρσινών (myrsinón) |
| accusative | μυρσίνη (myrsíni) | μυρσίνες (myrsínes) |
| vocative | μυρσίνη (myrsíni) | μυρσίνες (myrsínes) |
Synonyms
- μυρτιά f (myrtiá)